The Kids Are All Right

As indie designers put the finishing touches on their spring '11 collections, they take a moment to finish our sentences...

Robert Geller
People are going to swoon when they see my baby girl Luna.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to The Foals.
I absolutely couldn't live without my interns.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him rub my feet. Wait, that's weird.
Backstage I'm known for moonwalking.
For good luck, right before a show I always have a drink.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be Klaus Kinski.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can get started on fall.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on sleep, but not until October.

Katie Gallagher
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be arena.
People are going to swoon when they see how saturated leather can get.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to XWAVE RADIO, lots.
I absolutely couldn't live without seaweed snacks.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have her sew!
Backstage I'm known for copious candies.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be a novelty-sized version of my cat, Sveater.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can begin to prepare my Halloween celebrations.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on a trip abroad, hopefully!?

Jeremy Scott
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be BOOOOOM!
People are going to swoon when they see the shrapnel dress!
While working on the collection, I've been listening to Guns and Roses.
I absolutely couldn't live without love.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him do all my interviews so I could design more. 
Backstage I'm known for, er, working?
For good luck, right before a show I always... I'm not superstitious, just super!
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be the entire cast of True Blood, buck-naked and perhaps blood-splattered. 
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can PAAAAARRRRRRTTTTTYYYYYY.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on sleep.

Zero + Maria Cornejo
If I could sum up the collection in one word, it would be displacement. 
While working on the collection, I've been listening to Charlotte Gainsbourg and Eric Reich.
I absolutely couldn't live without my family and team.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have her do interviews.
Backstage I'm known for staring like deer in the headlights at that point it's out of my control.
For good luck, right before a show I always kiss my kids.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be my mom and dad.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can have a life.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on a date with my husband and some new perfume!

Tom Scott
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be explosive.
People are going to swoon when they see the bomb.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to Arcade Fire and the Mary Onettes.
I absolutely couldn't live without cigarettes.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him pay my bills.
Backstage I'm known for dancing.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can go grocery shopping.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on a new carpet.

Rad Hourani
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be transformable.
People are going to swoon when they see what makes them swoon.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to Walking on Thin Ice, the Yoko Ono Remix version.
I absolutely couldn't live without breathing.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him be invisible.
For good luck, right before a show I always... I don't believe in luck.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be myself.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can sleep.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on massagesssss.

Peter Jensen
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be done.
People are going to swoon when they see me.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to Jefferson Airplane.
I absolutely couldn't live without coffee and my bank account.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him as my friend.
Backstage I'm known for standing in a corner.
For good luck, right before a show I always smoke a fag.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be Rickie Lee Jones.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can smoke a fag.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on dinner.

Scott Sternberg, Band of Outsiders
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be finished.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to film scores from composer Thomas Newman.
I absolutely couldn't live without cookies, duh.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him create a duplicate of himself, and then again and again until the entire world was Scott Sternbergs.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be... We don't have rows, silly.

Siki Im
If I could sum up the collection in one word, it would be LIGHT + TOUGH.
People are going to swoon when they see THE ENTRANCE + BEVERAGE.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to NAS + PERSIAN FOLKLORE.
I absolutely couldn't live without BILL + ABIGAIL.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him TALKING TO ALL THESE PEOPLE.
Backstage I'm known for HIDING + DRINKING.
For good luck, right before a show I always PRAY + KISS.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be OBAMA + MAMA.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can SLEEP + SWIM.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on SLEEP + BATH.

Timo Weiland
If I had to sum up the collection in one word, it would be sunny. 
People are going to swoon when they see our fjordland landscape prints.
While working on the collection, I've been listening to Gang of Four.
I absolutely couldn't live without my trinkets.
If I could create a duplicate of myself, I'd have him travel the world incessantly sourcing inspiration.
Backstage I'm known for not freaking out.
For good luck, right before a show I always watch cult classic films and eat spicy foods.
If I could have anyone in the front row, it would be Mick Jagger.
I'll be glad when the show is over so I can work more on sales and travel outside the city to watch the leaves change color.
To reward myself for a job well done, I'm going to splurge on films and concerts.

• Posted September 01, 2010
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Tim Gunn's New Book Dishes the Dirt

Tim Gunn’s new book, Gunn’s Golden Rules, has already supplied us with some dishy (alleged) dirt. Tales of green-room grape feedings and extreme exits aside, however, there are still more goodies to be had. The style-guru-turned-author’s animus extends beyond Anna and André to Bravo host Padma Lakshmi and designer Isaac Mizrahi, whom he calls a “spoiled snob.” Martha Stewart’s daughter, Alexis, with whom Gunn starred in a Macy’s ad featuring Mommie Dearest’s homewares, also gets called out. “[She] kept cursing under her breath in anticipation of her mother coming — 'goddamn bitch,' almost as if she had Tourette’s syndrome," Gunn writes. Not a good thing, and a familial predicament in which the author will probably never find himself, since Gunn also reveals he’s celibate. Whatever makes it work, Tim.

• Posted September 01, 2010
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Anna Wintour to Appear on Jimmy Fallon to Plug FNO

Apparently not content with reigning over most of the English-speaking fashion world in all her bobbed splendor, Anna Wintour is taking to the airwaves tonight, hitting up Jimmy Fallon and his late-night talk show. Now, if you'll recall, the ash-blond editrix is no stranger to the late-night hot seat, making the rounds a few seasons back to stiffly promote The September Issue. Her appearance on David Letterman was particularly noteworthy, if only for her valiant attempts to make jokes, which invariably ended up sounding like threats. But if at first you don’t succeed, bring an ally! For her comeback, Wintour will bring along none other than Marc Jacobs, and together they’ll try to look effortless and casual as they shamelessly plug—what else?—Fashion's Night Out.

• Posted September 01, 2010
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Quotable

"On a Monday morning I generally feel like every other idiot that feels they should start a new beginning but has given up by lunchtime."
—Jade Jagger

• Posted September 01, 2010
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Stefano Tonchi's Walter Albini Biography Finally Arrives

On September 15, with a party at Diane von Furstenberg's, Stefano Tonchi and Maria Luisa Frida will finally, officially launch their new book, Walter Albini and His Times: All Power to the Imagination (Rizzoli, cover design by Francesco Vezzoli). While largely unknown today, Albini was, simply put, the most important Italian designer of the 70s, before his untimely death in 1983 at the age of 42. Often compared to Yves Saint Laurent, he revolutionized Italian ready-to-wear with his androgynous, modern collections and through good old-fashioned force of will—Italian-style. Scandalously, he once exhibited plaster penises at Milan's Eros Museum, each dressed to look like a famous fictional character, i.e. Casanova, Tarzan, even Mickey Mouse. Here's a peek at those and a few other pages from the book...

• Posted August 31, 2010
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Jean Paul Gaultier Loves Chocolate Too Much to Diet

Unlike our other favorite kilt-wearing male designer, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier doesn’t plan on hitting le gym anytime soon. “Working until late everyday, that's the best exercise regime ever,” he tells The Telegraph. He also refuses to diet, claiming he loves food, including chocolate, too much. His sweet tooth, however, won’t dissuade him from wearing horizontal stripes, including those found on his favorite fashion item, the Breton tee. Unafraid of a little self-promotion, Gaultier also professes a fondness for Levi’s, with whom he recently collaborated, and his own Belle Mine bronzing powder for men. Finally, when asked the worst fashion crime he’s ever committed, Gaultier says his record is clean—by default. “There is no fashion crime,” he explains, adding, “what is bad taste one day becomes good taste the next.” As for his taste in the male physique, the designer revealed he'd like to have, um, Marlon Brando's body, quickly adding, "when he was young!" 

• Posted August 31, 2010
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French Vogue Turns 90!

We’ve all heard of the French and their anti-aging stance, but only French Vogue could make turning 90 look this good. The venerated style bible will celebrate its nonagenarian anniversary with a hefty October special issue and a costume ball later in the month. Under the auspices of perennially kohl-eyed and bed-headed Carine Roitfeld, Lara Stone will grace the cover, followed by a whopping 677 pages of contributions from an endless string of glamorous co-conspirators. See if you, too, can address them by first name in a purring French accent: Hedi, Terry, Steven, Mert, Marcus, Inez, Vinoodh. Those in France get an added treat, a loose-bound set of photographs from the magazine’s archive. On newsstands September 20.

• Posted August 31, 2010
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Chanel Lipstick Gets a Lego Makeover

With their colorful Lego creations, the power-twin duo of Dee and Ricky have been injecting a good dose of whimsy into the world of fashion. They basically transform the cute, primary-hued building blocks into unexpected tongue-and-cheek accessories, luring others into the fun as well, including Kanye West and Marc Jacobs, who commissioned exclusive pieces for Marc by Marc. But they may have outdone themselves with their latest creation, a limited-edition Lego Chanel lipstick that adds a cheeky twist to the perennial classic. At $75, it may be pricier than the real thing, but it’ll last a lot longer. 

• Posted August 30, 2010
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Is Kate Moss for Topshop Coming to an End?

Might a case of sibling rivalry be to blame for Kate Moss’ newly diminished design role at Topshop? October marks the supe’s 14th (and final) full collection for the retailer, with plans for smaller capsule collections to appear 2-3 times a year thereafter. Though Topshop honcho Sir Philip Green denies anything other than time constraints as cause, some are pointing the finger at Green’s 19-year-old daughter and wannabe designer, Chloe. Weeks before Moss’ last collection bows, Chloe, to whom the model has been likened as a surrogate sister, starts training with her father’s company. In an interview last year, Green revealed she wouldn’t mind one day seeing a Chloe Green for Topshop range in store windows, presumably replacing the space occupied by Moss. 

• Posted August 30, 2010
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Corinne Day Said to Have Passed Away

Sadly, we report on the increasing rumors that legendary photographer Corinne Day passed away early this morning. Though no official confirmation has been released, Day had been battling serious illness for the better part of a year. To the fashion faithful, the notoriously camera-shy shutterbug is an icon, seducing a whole generation (ourselves included) into the world of style with her dreamy snapshots of rebellious youth in all their nubile glory. Along with co-conspirators (including stylist Melanie Ward), Day rerouted the course of fashion in the nineties, infusing the spirit of British punk with a romantic, wistful edge. With this singular vision, she generated an awe-inspiring array of imagery for seminal titles like The Face and Dutch. Of course, she's best known for discovering a diminutive, freckle-faced pixie by the name of Kate Moss. We'll keep you posted on developments and, in the meantime, treasure her legacy that’s like a light that never goes out.

Update: Sadly, this has indeed been confirmed. Corinne Day has died of brain tumor at the age of 45. She is survived by her partner Mark Szaszy. A funeral will be held on September 3 in Buckinghamshire.

• Posted August 28, 2010
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